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. >> you may recall in an article tom wolfe wrote for playboy he said who could have imagined richard nixon would turn out to be richard nixon. might have enjoyed your insights coming up on 40 years, there is an apocryphal story in may of 1970 we went to defcon one, there is nothing you can google on it. noll:who was bill clinton's secretary of defense, we miss the opportunity, i don't know. >> guest: there are certain thaities about sarah palin but that is still unfolding. ortacenterpiece of your question -- what was that? it was important what i was nistra for last. >> caller: holding the otministration -- hold their feet to the fire. [talking over each other] >> guest: it is not happening. it is very troublesome. we are seeing that nobody is held accountable. a total rewriting. there won't be accountability for those actions. they pale in comparison to nixon's activities. he did push the imperial presidency or used it for political purposes. i can't imagine nixon in his darkest moment permitting torture. i worked with him on the by the sules situation. we are talking others that ge
. >> you may recall in an article tom wolfe wrote for playboy he said who could have imagined richard nixon would turn out to be richard nixon. might have enjoyed your insights coming up on 40 years, there is an apocryphal story in may of 1970 we went to defcon one, there is nothing you can google on it. noll:who was bill clinton's secretary of defense, we miss the opportunity, i don't know. >> guest: there are certain thaities about sarah palin but that is still unfolding....
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tom tancredo found a way to up the ante. he told a bunch of tea partyers, we should, quote, send president obama back to kenya. i'll go head to head with him at the bottom of the hour. we need this discussion. >>> and when they're not getting paid to lie on the right-wing network, caribou barbie, slick rick, they're raising millions of dollars for their own political action committees. >>> all that, plus i'll show you back to back hole in one in the playbook and the drugster is going to go up in smoke. [ male announcer ] we make them beautiful. ♪ we make them tougher. ♪ we make them legendary. we make them better... ♪ to make your life better. ♪ and we've never made one... quite like this. the 100% electric nissan leaf. ♪ explorers, great thinkers. they're the future of america, so let's bring them up right and give them our cheese. ♪ kraft singles. the american cheese. so, at national, i go right past the counter... and you get to choose any car in the aisle. choose any car? you cannot be serious! okay. seriousl
tom tancredo found a way to up the ante. he told a bunch of tea partyers, we should, quote, send president obama back to kenya. i'll go head to head with him at the bottom of the hour. we need this discussion. >>> and when they're not getting paid to lie on the right-wing network, caribou barbie, slick rick, they're raising millions of dollars for their own political action committees. >>> all that, plus i'll show you back to back hole in one in the playbook and the drugster...
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came and met and talked about the tom delay thing. tom delay, what's his attitude about coming on cnn? >> guest: oh, tom delay hates cnn because he thinks cnn is the 'clinton news network.' and -- and he's constantly complaining about what he sees on cnn, the coverage on cnn and ref -- not only re -- refuses to come on, i'm sure he tries to talk other people out of going onto cnn. and he even -- his office sent out a press release attacking the -- the hiring of tucker carlson as co-host of "crossfire" because they didn't think he was conservative enough. i mean, i can tell you, tucker is conservative enough. i debate him everyday. so we ended up having this -- what i thought was a sort of surreal experience of -- of -- of sitting around as a cnn staff in washington, dc, and talking about how we could modify or placate or make tom delay feel better about -- about cnn, which, i mean, i couldn't believe. i mean, i don't -- i don't think it's our job to please tom delay or to please dick gephardt, but just to present the news. and i -- i
came and met and talked about the tom delay thing. tom delay, what's his attitude about coming on cnn? >> guest: oh, tom delay hates cnn because he thinks cnn is the 'clinton news network.' and -- and he's constantly complaining about what he sees on cnn, the coverage on cnn and ref -- not only re -- refuses to come on, i'm sure he tries to talk other people out of going onto cnn. and he even -- his office sent out a press release attacking the -- the hiring of tucker carlson as co-host...
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even tom brokaw had spoken with him last year when he was talking about how they are trying to transform the schools in the district of columbia. this has really sent shock waves through d.c. and the whole public school community that is trying to change schools that aren't doing well. it's still a murder mystery what happened to him. he was known to have an open door policy, students had his cell phone number, parents called him when they had issues. he lived in maryland. the only lead is they found his suv not outside of his home in maryland but 14 miles away in d.c. they are now looking through that car hoping to find some clues. tamron. >> all right, norah, thank you very much. >>> pope benedict is back in rome today after an emotional two-day trip to malta. there he met privately with eight men who say they were abused by priests when they were boys at a catholic orphanage. >> this is an experience that change my life. now i can go to my daughter and say, i believe, you know. >> the vatican said the pope expressed his shame and sorrow at the pain the men and his families have suffer
even tom brokaw had spoken with him last year when he was talking about how they are trying to transform the schools in the district of columbia. this has really sent shock waves through d.c. and the whole public school community that is trying to change schools that aren't doing well. it's still a murder mystery what happened to him. he was known to have an open door policy, students had his cell phone number, parents called him when they had issues. he lived in maryland. the only lead is they...
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i've recently read a book called "the 40 years' war" written by be len and tom shackman. i don't know if you're familiar with it. >> guest: i'm familiar with -- i've not read the book. i'm familiar with the writers. they were defendants in my lawsuit, and i find them dubious in their authenticity. >> caller: okay. i wondered about them because i had never come across them until i saw them on book notes, as a matter of fact, one weekend, and i delved into their book. so my question really was all the plots and intrigue that they describe -- >> guest: you have no idea what this man can concoct. he has never seen two people together he's not convinced are deep into some national conspiracy. >> host: let me go back to bob haldeman. he wrote a diary, an almost daily diary that totaled about 75,000 words. have you read ha? >> guest: uh-huh. >> host: what surprised you or what did you learn? >> guest: it's a wonderful book. what's interesting is because he was worried about the prosecutors getting that material, he put it with the presidential papers, and it was, therefore, prot
i've recently read a book called "the 40 years' war" written by be len and tom shackman. i don't know if you're familiar with it. >> guest: i'm familiar with -- i've not read the book. i'm familiar with the writers. they were defendants in my lawsuit, and i find them dubious in their authenticity. >> caller: okay. i wondered about them because i had never come across them until i saw them on book notes, as a matter of fact, one weekend, and i delved into their book. so my...
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we had had a series of scandals, jack abramoff, tom delay, scooter libby, mark foley, the mood change out there was pervasive. the democratic voters were hypermotivated. the republican voters were lethargic. independent voters swung by an 18-point margin by democrats and boom, big midterm election. democrats pick up 30 seats in the house and control the house. 6 senate seats and control the senate. big old election pushes them way up. then you had the 2008 election. now, president obama -- excuse me, president bush's approval rates weren't in the 30 ratings. they were 26%. the war in iraq was getting better but oh, the economy had collapsed. the time for change movement was just as pervasive. republican voters were still lethargic and not particularly energized by senator john mccain's candidacy. democratic voters were hypermotivated. and you had young voters and minority voters that were particularly worked up and energized and exercised. and they were voting for barack obama. and while they were there they were going to vote for anybody with a blue jersey on. and then independent vo
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host: tom the independent line, from colorado. caller: i have watched c-span for about 30 years. please give me a minute. level one was in the first census in '79. my great, great, great grandfather and other ancestors fought in the revolution. -- was in the first since this is in1790. you should run the show from a few days ago that explains how the constitution specify the congress would detail how the census was run. he gave an excellent thing. the more sensibly it is an income of more republicans into have a problem with it. i am a computer systems analyst. we dig up problems to find solutions. the conservatives seem to want to find problems just to blame people. host: we have only about one minute. caller: my family has been in every census, and nothing terrible has happened. it did not stop my father's father from becoming a two-time silver winner. the constitution says we need to do this. republicans want to cry. when it comes time for them to fall in line, nothing is important -- they want to torture people. guest: once again, i would say the census is a great equalizer,
host: tom the independent line, from colorado. caller: i have watched c-span for about 30 years. please give me a minute. level one was in the first census in '79. my great, great, great grandfather and other ancestors fought in the revolution. -- was in the first since this is in1790. you should run the show from a few days ago that explains how the constitution specify the congress would detail how the census was run. he gave an excellent thing. the more sensibly it is an income of more...
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tom campbell against carli fiorina ahead of that primary to deface boxer. meg whitman leads jerry brown by three points, no surprise considering whitman has blanketed the states $40 million in ads. yes, you are. i know exactly what you love, don't i? - [ barks ] - mmm. aromas like rotisserie chicken. and filet mignon. yeah, that's what inspired a very special dry dog food. [ woman ] introducing chef michael's canine creations. so tasty and nutritious it's hard to believe it's dry dog food. chef-inspired. dog-desired. chef michael's canine creations. boso word's gettin' out that on motorcycle insurance, rv, geiccamper, boat insurance. nice work, everyone. exec: well, it's easy for him. he's a cute little lizard. gecko: ah, gecko, actually - exec: with all due respect, if i was tiny and green and had a british accent i'd have more folks paying attention to me too... i mean - (faux english accent) "save money! pip pip cheerio!" exec 2: british? i thought you were australian. gecko: well, it's funny you should ask. 'cause actually, i'm from - anncr: geico. fift
tom campbell against carli fiorina ahead of that primary to deface boxer. meg whitman leads jerry brown by three points, no surprise considering whitman has blanketed the states $40 million in ads. yes, you are. i know exactly what you love, don't i? - [ barks ] - mmm. aromas like rotisserie chicken. and filet mignon. yeah, that's what inspired a very special dry dog food. [ woman ] introducing chef michael's canine creations. so tasty and nutritious it's hard to believe it's dry dog food....
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. >> been called uncle tom, token, oreo, been called a sell-out. they've called me everything but my name. and on the 3rd of november, i'll have a plan. so when i hit the desk on january of 2011 and i'm the guy that going to walk up to nancy pelosi and i'm going so say one simple thing to nancy pelosi, give me that damn gavel! >> ge, w what a tough, tough guy. yeah i'm sure he's going to get a gavel from nancy pelosi. that went viral? it went viral in a lot of places i could think of in georgia and the panhandle of florida. give me a break. is this supposed to be a tough talking guy, you think this is good? >> sean: you are missing the point. she's not going to be speaker. >> i love this, -- [ talking over each other ] >> you guys shouldn't be talking about campaigning you have never been involved, you may have been at a fundraiser at the country club. >> sean: why are you so hostile tonight? >> this guy has not yet got elected. he's not getting elected. >> he got his 15 minutes. sean is giving it to him. >> i would not be surprised if democrats go
. >> been called uncle tom, token, oreo, been called a sell-out. they've called me everything but my name. and on the 3rd of november, i'll have a plan. so when i hit the desk on january of 2011 and i'm the guy that going to walk up to nancy pelosi and i'm going so say one simple thing to nancy pelosi, give me that damn gavel! >> ge, w what a tough, tough guy. yeah i'm sure he's going to get a gavel from nancy pelosi. that went viral? it went viral in a lot of places i could think...
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as much as you can reading an academic dissertation-like book. >> is that thomas wolfe or tom wolfe? >> tom wolfe of today who's -- write "the right stuff" and "electric kool-aid acid test," just a tremendous so-called new journalist but just a gifted american writer. >> what would you do? what would you recommend? >> i would agree with all that but with one dissent. i would -- i would side with the late great barbara tuchman who said the best thing that ever happened to her was not getting a ph.d. in history, precisely because she wanted to write history as literature. she didn't want to write exclusively for other historians. >> who is the best, in your opinion, the best writer of history, not in the history that you know of? who would you say wrote the best? >> ever or today? >> ever, you know, somebody that you -- >> francis parkman wrote beautifully. barbara tuchman, unbelievable, and i think david mccullough writes with such grace of our -- today's historians. >> now, i would certainly agree with all of those names. i think i would add an academic, distinguished academic, alan
as much as you can reading an academic dissertation-like book. >> is that thomas wolfe or tom wolfe? >> tom wolfe of today who's -- write "the right stuff" and "electric kool-aid acid test," just a tremendous so-called new journalist but just a gifted american writer. >> what would you do? what would you recommend? >> i would agree with all that but with one dissent. i would -- i would side with the late great barbara tuchman who said the best thing...
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and tom... copy incapable. it's open kimono time. looking good, dan. oh, we want to make sure all our ducks in a row. yeah. volume control syndrome. but we focus on the talent and skill that each person... brings to the team. i mean, no one's really concerned about labels. not even mine. labels get in the way. disabilities rarely do. visit thinkbeyondthelabel.com to evolve your work force. >>> welcome back to "hardball." today republican national committee chairman michael steele addressed the recent criticism of the handling at the rnc. let's listen. >> do you feel that as an african-american you have a slimmer mar yin for error than another chairman would? >> the honest answer is, yes. >> why is that? >> it just is. it's barack obama has a slimmer margin. a lot of folks do. i mean, it is a different role for, you know, for me to play and others to play. and that's just the reality of it. i mean, but you take that as part of -- part of the nature of it. >> well can he weather the storm? joining it seems to me jonathan allen and lynn sweet. lynn, you f
and tom... copy incapable. it's open kimono time. looking good, dan. oh, we want to make sure all our ducks in a row. yeah. volume control syndrome. but we focus on the talent and skill that each person... brings to the team. i mean, no one's really concerned about labels. not even mine. labels get in the way. disabilities rarely do. visit thinkbeyondthelabel.com to evolve your work force. >>> welcome back to "hardball." today republican national committee chairman michael...
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just so we're all crystal clear on this, here is what he said to oklahoma republican senator tom coburn on tuesday. >> you don't know anybody on fox news because there hasn't been anyone that said people go to jail if they don't buy mandatory insurance. it doesn't happen here and we researched to find out if anybody on fox news had ever said you're going to jail if you don't buy health insurance. nobody's ever said it. >> uh, the key word is research, isn't it? media matter called o'reilly's bluff with stinging video evidence showing that he was flat-out dead wrong. now, he tried to pin the blame on coburn on wednesday. >> senator from oklahoma, people missed it last night, you know,
just so we're all crystal clear on this, here is what he said to oklahoma republican senator tom coburn on tuesday. >> you don't know anybody on fox news because there hasn't been anyone that said people go to jail if they don't buy mandatory insurance. it doesn't happen here and we researched to find out if anybody on fox news had ever said you're going to jail if you don't buy health insurance. nobody's ever said it. >> uh, the key word is research, isn't it? media matter called...
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for the closing panel discussion of this twenty fifth anniversary symposium featuring outside guests tom freedman and bill kristol, and our own in-house talent. i hope you can join us for what i'm sure will be a fascinating discussion.
for the closing panel discussion of this twenty fifth anniversary symposium featuring outside guests tom freedman and bill kristol, and our own in-house talent. i hope you can join us for what i'm sure will be a fascinating discussion.
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host: [laughter] thank you, tom. we're right in the middle of the show and i'm sure our executive producer will take your comments uttered by an. -- under advisement. do you have any comments? guest: the political side mof me would love to see it. the public policy part of me hopes that they do not bring in fort of -- it forward because of in consumer confidence is shaky as it is. we do not need an extended debate this summer that scared people and prevent investors from moving forward with projects. i think it should go forward. we do not need a tax on carbon in this country. i do not think we need higher energy taxes. we're just now beginning to see evidence of an economic improvement and the absolute worst thing that we could do is put the country through another one of these extended debates that best case, barely passes. worst case, probably does not pass. i wish the president and the senate democrats and the speaker would talk about a program to reduce federal spending to bring the deficit down to lower taxes a
host: [laughter] thank you, tom. we're right in the middle of the show and i'm sure our executive producer will take your comments uttered by an. -- under advisement. do you have any comments? guest: the political side mof me would love to see it. the public policy part of me hopes that they do not bring in fort of -- it forward because of in consumer confidence is shaky as it is. we do not need an extended debate this summer that scared people and prevent investors from moving forward with...
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tom costello is in washington with more. good morning. >> reporter: today is the deadline for toyota to accept or fight a $16.4 million fine. the company is expected to pay up, the largest fine ever assessed by the government against a car maker. the government alleges toyota knew about sticking gas pedals last september, but hid the effects and issued a recall. toyota is facing mounting civil lawsuits as well as criminal investigations. a $16 million fine for toyota is really not significant, but it is yet another strike against the company's reputation. toyota recalled 2.3 million vehicles in january for the sticking accelerator. the company has recalled more than 8 million vehicles worldwide because of acceleration problems and braking problems. a government official tells nbc news by paying the full civil penalty, toyota is accepting responsibility for hiding this safety defect from nhtsa, the national highway safety administration, in violation of the law. it now has 30 days to write the check. natalie? >> tom costello
tom costello is in washington with more. good morning. >> reporter: today is the deadline for toyota to accept or fight a $16.4 million fine. the company is expected to pay up, the largest fine ever assessed by the government against a car maker. the government alleges toyota knew about sticking gas pedals last september, but hid the effects and issued a recall. toyota is facing mounting civil lawsuits as well as criminal investigations. a $16 million fine for toyota is really not...
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now, i have to tell you that i had a great time fighting with newt gingrich and tom delay and dick armey. i loved seeing that picture of him in the post today -- the outline -- armey with his cowboy hat on. i remember when he called hillary a socialist. i remember when newt gingrich, shortly after becoming speaker-elect, said that hillary and i were the enemies of normal americans. it didnt bother me a bit. i was glad to get in and mix it up. but what we learned from oklahoma city is not that we should gag each other or that we should reduce our passion for the positions we hold, but that the words we use really do matter because there are -- theres this vast echo chamber. and they go across space and they fall on the serious and the delirious, alike; they fall on the connected and the unhinged, alike. and i am not trying to muzzle anybody. but one of the things that the conservatives have always brought to the table in america is a reminder that no law can replace personal responsibility. and the more power you have, and the more influence you have, the more responsibility you have. loo
now, i have to tell you that i had a great time fighting with newt gingrich and tom delay and dick armey. i loved seeing that picture of him in the post today -- the outline -- armey with his cowboy hat on. i remember when he called hillary a socialist. i remember when newt gingrich, shortly after becoming speaker-elect, said that hillary and i were the enemies of normal americans. it didnt bother me a bit. i was glad to get in and mix it up. but what we learned from oklahoma city is not that...
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. >> gregg: joining me, criminal defense attorney tom kenneth, also a former army national guard jag officer, always good to see you. >> good to see you, gregg. >> gregg: the recorded statements of bin laden claiming credit for 9/11 and responsibility, he could always say in a court of law, i was making that stuff up. and, is it therefore naive, if not foolish, to -- for eric holder, who has been a lawyer for quite a while to make such a statement, we don't need to mirandize him in. >> in my opinion it is both, the thrust behind miranda versus arizona, where we get the miranda warnings on law and order and the cop shows is before someone is subject to u.s. civilian law enforcement is interrogated they need to be informed of their constitutional right to remain silent, avoid incrimination and have a right to counsel and a terrorist, like usama bin laden captured on the other side of the world in afghanistan, or pakistan or what have you, doesn't have constitutional rights under our system. >> gregg: right. >> there is no reason to mirandize him. >> gregg: and any evidence that would g
. >> gregg: joining me, criminal defense attorney tom kenneth, also a former army national guard jag officer, always good to see you. >> good to see you, gregg. >> gregg: the recorded statements of bin laden claiming credit for 9/11 and responsibility, he could always say in a court of law, i was making that stuff up. and, is it therefore naive, if not foolish, to -- for eric holder, who has been a lawyer for quite a while to make such a statement, we don't need to mirandize...
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he was out doing fundraising events for tom daschle. and he was this fundraising draw apart from hillary clinton and in some ways by excess of her he could go around to red states, to purple states and blue states and turn out huge crowds. mark and i at the time when we were following this, you know, we knew that obama was traveling around. and we knew that he was raising money but i don't think until we report the book that he had a clear sense. and people like claire mccaskill who would tell these stories that obama coming to campaign for her in 2006 when he would come to st. louis they would have to get an overflow room not only did they have to have the fundraiser for the 2,000, 3,000 people who would pay a lot of money and they would have to get a separate room for 10,000, 12,000 people because everybody loved this guy. his fundraising ability was at the core why the democratic establishment was secretly behind him. that was part of the way he demonstrated to them that he was someone who could be a serious candidate. anita dunn alo
he was out doing fundraising events for tom daschle. and he was this fundraising draw apart from hillary clinton and in some ways by excess of her he could go around to red states, to purple states and blue states and turn out huge crowds. mark and i at the time when we were following this, you know, we knew that obama was traveling around. and we knew that he was raising money but i don't think until we report the book that he had a clear sense. and people like claire mccaskill who would tell...
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we had had a series of scandals, jack abramoff, tom delay, scooter libby, mark foley, the mood change out there was pervasive. the democratic voters were hypermotivated. the republican voters were lethargic. independent voters swung by an 18-point margin by democrats and boom, big midterm election. democrats pick up 30 seats in the house and control the house. 6 senate seats and control the senate. big old election pushes them way up. then you had the 2008 election. now, president obama -- excuse me, president bush's approval rates weren't in the 30 ratings. they were 26%. the war in iraq was getting better but oh, the economy had collapsed. the time for change movement was just as pervasive. republican voters were still lethargic and not particularly energized by senator john mccain's candidacy. democratic voters were hypermotivated. and you had young voters and minority voters that were particularly worked up and energized and exercised. and they were voting for barack obama. and while they were there they were going to vote for anybody with a blue jersey on. and then independent vo
we had had a series of scandals, jack abramoff, tom delay, scooter libby, mark foley, the mood change out there was pervasive. the democratic voters were hypermotivated. the republican voters were lethargic. independent voters swung by an 18-point margin by democrats and boom, big midterm election. democrats pick up 30 seats in the house and control the house. 6 senate seats and control the senate. big old election pushes them way up. then you had the 2008 election. now, president obama --...
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he was an incredible fundraising -- fund-raising events for tom daschle and other senators. he was an incredible fundraising source. he would turn out huge crowds. we knew that obama was traveling around and raising money, but i don't think until we wrote the book that we had a clear sense. we talked to people like claire mccaskill who would tell stories about obama campaign for her in 2006 and when they came to st. louis, not only did they have to have the fundraiser for the 2000 were 3000 people, but it would need to get a separate room for 15,000 people, because everybody wanted to see this guy. his fund-raising ability was at the core of why, as we talk about the democratic establishment being behind him, that was part of the political appeal, part of the wheat they demonstrated that he could be a serious candidate. anita dunn, in some sense, along with david plouffe, initiating a similar strategy for deval patrick in massachusetts, started to think about how this could be capitalized on to build the grass-roots army. when people came to obama events, it would ask for e-
he was an incredible fundraising -- fund-raising events for tom daschle and other senators. he was an incredible fundraising source. he would turn out huge crowds. we knew that obama was traveling around and raising money, but i don't think until we wrote the book that we had a clear sense. we talked to people like claire mccaskill who would tell stories about obama campaign for her in 2006 and when they came to st. louis, not only did they have to have the fundraiser for the 2000 were 3000...
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and tom... copy incapable. it's open kimono time. looking good, dan. oh, we want to make sure all our ducks in a row. yeah. volume control syndrome. but we focus on the talent and skill that each person... brings to the team. i mean, no one's really concerned about labels. not even mine. labels get in the way. disabilities rarely do. visit thinkbeyondthelabel.com to evolve your work force. for me to breathe. but with advair, i'm breathing better. so i can join the fun at my family barbeque. (announcer) for people with copd, including chronic bronchitis, emphysema, or both, great news. advair helps significantly improve lung function. while nothing can reverse copd, advair is different from most other medications because it contains both an anti-inflammatory and a long-acting bronchodilator, working together to help you breathe better. advair won't replace fast-acting inhalers for sudden symptoms and should not be used more than twice a day. people with copd taking advair may have a higher chance of pneumonia. advair may increase your risk of osteoporos
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[applause] >> thank you very much, tom. when i received the invitation to this group and i saw the list of panelist who would precede me, i felt sort of like the character that robert duvall played in "lonesome dove" who said "if you are going to be hung up, it might as well be by friends." [laughter] this is a serious discussion ago. it is anythin
[applause] >> thank you very much, tom. when i received the invitation to this group and i saw the list of panelist who would precede me, i felt sort of like the character that robert duvall played in "lonesome dove" who said "if you are going to be hung up, it might as well be by friends." [laughter] this is a serious discussion ago. it is anythin
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host: tom, thanks for the call. guest: well, that's a lot in just that within caller, but let me first say that one of the things that this administration that we can't really give them credit for is reforming the financial system. and there are a lot of much needed reforms that are still working they are way through congress, and we still can't pronounce the administration as having done a good job on that. so point one. point two, goldman sachs did have a robust risk management system, and what they want the world to understand and believe is that their risk management was superior to everyone else's on wall street. they were doing something called mark to market, and it's one of those technical terms that banks and other financial companies debated all the time, but they were basically marking, valuing any security that they held at the day's price. so at the end of every day, they would go out and test the market value that they had on their markets of all of their securities. if it had changed, they would eithe
host: tom, thanks for the call. guest: well, that's a lot in just that within caller, but let me first say that one of the things that this administration that we can't really give them credit for is reforming the financial system. and there are a lot of much needed reforms that are still working they are way through congress, and we still can't pronounce the administration as having done a good job on that. so point one. point two, goldman sachs did have a robust risk management system, and...
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tom, an independent, hi there. >> caller: it looks like you're on a time delay. so it kind of makes it difficult for me. anyway, the question is, i've been a businessman -- i've worked for myself and i've had more government against me than anything in my life. and how do i, you know -- i've got -- i've got my father who's 88 years old and all i want to do is make sure he can live out his life. and a mother that's 79. and they're good people. and all through our life we've given to them. anybody who came to us, we gave to them. and we may have worked but now you can't make work. you can't -- i don't know what's going on here. >> host: caller, what do you see as the role of government overall at this point in economic matters? >> caller: in economic matters, i think that you have an elitist group that want to take care of it. >> host: simply put by that caller. anything to respond to there? >> guest: no. i think, you know -- i think we're still kind of working through a lot of the issues that as a result of the downturn. some of those things take a lot of time. >>
tom, an independent, hi there. >> caller: it looks like you're on a time delay. so it kind of makes it difficult for me. anyway, the question is, i've been a businessman -- i've worked for myself and i've had more government against me than anything in my life. and how do i, you know -- i've got -- i've got my father who's 88 years old and all i want to do is make sure he can live out his life. and a mother that's 79. and they're good people. and all through our life we've given to them....
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i talked to kids at harvard graduating with good gpas losing jobs to kids from other countries, and tom freeden eni talks about "the world is flat" and in some ways it is in terms of competitiveness and the sheer dollar value of intellectual capital has never been more important. what encourages me, is that there is some common ground on education, and what also encourages me is we know what works, and what makes for good teaching now, there is a lot of research in that and apart from the family, home, the teacher, is the single most important person in the educational process. doesn't matter about class size or resource, quality of that teacher. so, we know something about that. now that we have a good state of the art, in or knowledge, maybe we can do the right thing, that is the part that encourages me. if we keep pushing and -- i have been pushing 30 years and i'll keep pushing. >> i'm involved with teach for america and bringing new teachers into the process and holding them accountable, is probably the most important thing we can do, to make sure 21st century is the way the other
i talked to kids at harvard graduating with good gpas losing jobs to kids from other countries, and tom freeden eni talks about "the world is flat" and in some ways it is in terms of competitiveness and the sheer dollar value of intellectual capital has never been more important. what encourages me, is that there is some common ground on education, and what also encourages me is we know what works, and what makes for good teaching now, there is a lot of research in that and apart from...
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and, tom, he was an astoundingly good governor of iowa. he is continuing that as secretary of agriculture. i will speak about the agriculture-navy partnership. i'm fortunate to have him as a friend, and america is fortunate to have his talent as secretary of agriculture. i am honored to be here today, to be speaking with you my understanding is, the very first speaker at the national press club was teddy roosevelt. i do want to point out that both theodore roosevelt and his cousin franklin were assistant secretaries of the navy. [laughter] >> today is a navy birthday. 212 years ago today, congress authorized the department of the navy. it was a pretty different place and organization from the navy of today. then, the navy only had three commissioned units, the united states, the constellations, and the constitution, still in service in the boston naval shipyard. we had a tiny navy, and one that had never fought. since the revolution, the navy had been pretty quiet. you could make a pretty good argument that the reason why america changed f
and, tom, he was an astoundingly good governor of iowa. he is continuing that as secretary of agriculture. i will speak about the agriculture-navy partnership. i'm fortunate to have him as a friend, and america is fortunate to have his talent as secretary of agriculture. i am honored to be here today, to be speaking with you my understanding is, the very first speaker at the national press club was teddy roosevelt. i do want to point out that both theodore roosevelt and his cousin franklin were...
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and tom... copy incapable. it's open kimono time. looking good, dan. oh, we want to make sure all our ducks in a row. yeah. volume control syndrome. but we focus on the talent and skill that each person... brings to the team. i mean, no one's really concerned about labels. not even mine. labels get in the way. disabilities rarely do. visit thinkbeyondthelabel.com to evolve your work force. >>> we can't stay here, you know, four or five days waiting for the cloud to move away, so, no, we'll just go another time. >> it's a waiting game. more delays at airports all over the world because of ash from the volcano in iceland. travelers are getting impatient as the list of flight cancellations grows. >>> this boy is accused of badly beating a teenage girl. he may be only 15, but he is being treated like an adult and could spend his life in prison. >>> all right, maybe the only thing better than spectacular hitting at a baseball game is no hitting. it took a spectacular defensive play to make this season's first no-hitter happen. >>> you're watching hln, so gl
and tom... copy incapable. it's open kimono time. looking good, dan. oh, we want to make sure all our ducks in a row. yeah. volume control syndrome. but we focus on the talent and skill that each person... brings to the team. i mean, no one's really concerned about labels. not even mine. labels get in the way. disabilities rarely do. visit thinkbeyondthelabel.com to evolve your work force. >>> we can't stay here, you know, four or five days waiting for the cloud to move away, so, no,...
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interesting because notre dame's jimmy clausen, the quarterback there, was perhaps thought to be a tom ten or at least an early first round pick by a lot of people. tim tebow headed to denver. yes, he was taken in the first round. >> jimmy clausen had an absolutely horrific day. leaves notre dame a year early, thinking he would be first-round pick. i just never thought he was really a top-flight quarterback. apparently, a lot of nfl teams feeling the same way now. he lost a lot of money leaving notre dame early. >> he did. he lost a lot of money by now going on the second day. first round to second round money is a huge jump. they say jimmy clausen is the pro prototypical pro style quarterback and tim tebow is is not. the people in denver thought tebow will be okay. >>> fabulous last night, looked like lebron james and the cavs were going to steamroll the bulls but bulls stole one. not by much perform anthony parker down by two. a chance to win the game. just comes up a little short. so, the bulls survive to see another day. lebron had 39, 10 rebounds and 8 assists. they'll get one mor
interesting because notre dame's jimmy clausen, the quarterback there, was perhaps thought to be a tom ten or at least an early first round pick by a lot of people. tim tebow headed to denver. yes, he was taken in the first round. >> jimmy clausen had an absolutely horrific day. leaves notre dame a year early, thinking he would be first-round pick. i just never thought he was really a top-flight quarterback. apparently, a lot of nfl teams feeling the same way now. he lost a lot of money...